On the relationships between real consumption, income, and wealth

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Palumbo, Michael ^a   Rudd, Jeremy ^a   Whelan, Karl ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b Central Bank   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Budget constraints; Permanent income hypothesis; Price deflation; Wealth effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744457305     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500105000000225     Document Type: Review

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